What you can check
Our license, our ratios and our daily routines
Thimble is licensed by Indiana's FSSA Office of Early Childhood. Here is how many children each teacher cares for in every room, and what we do each day.
License
Licensed by FSSA Office of Early Childhood
Child care center · IN Lic. 000000Verify
Adults to children
- 1 adult to 4 childrenInfants, 6 weeks to 2 years
- 1 adult to 5 childrenTwos, 2 to 3 years
- 1 adult to 10 childrenThrees, 3 to 4 years
- 1 adult to 12 childrenFours, 4 to 5 years
Capacity
90
Ages 6 weeks to 5 years
Staff checks and training
- Background checks
- CPR and first aid
- Safe sleep training
- Mandated reporter training
- Food handler training
Safety routines
Who runs us
A volunteer board of parents and neighbors oversees the center and meets every month. Our director reports to it.
Drop-off and pickup
A teacher hands each child to you at the room door. We release a child only to the adults on your list, and we ask to see identification from anyone we don't know yet.
Allergies
Tell us about any allergy at the tour. Once you enroll, we ask again in private.
Cribs and sleep
Infants sleep on their backs, in their own cribs, with nothing else in the crib.
Clean hands
Every room washes hands on arrival, before meals and after outdoor play.
Drills
Each room practices fire and weather drills with the teacher who leads it.
Ask us about child care assistance
Sample details.
A community center
Who runs Thimble
A volunteer board
Parents and neighbors serve on the board. It meets every month, reviews the budget and hires the director.
A director who answers to it
Cicely Rawlins runs the center day to day and reports to the board at every meeting.
A license to check
A copy of the license hangs at the front desk, and the license number is public record.
Want to see it for yourself?
Book a tour and ask to see the license, the cribs and the yard.